Harvey's Lewes Castle (Bottle)

Lewes Castle (Bottle)
(Batch of Lewes Castle)

 

Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Brown Ale Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 46
Best Standard Dark Ale in the 2008 World Beer Awards. A traditional full malty 'Brown Ale' with a creamy head. Mild hop notes with a lingering biscuity sweet palate give coffee and liquorice notes. A bitter sweet finish.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle picked up in Hastings. Deep reddish chestnut with a beige head; aroma of treacle toffee; the flavour is nutty and earthy with a toffee sweetness and a rather thin body; then a light bitterness leaving a vinous finish with a touch of chocolate for good measure. Very easy drinking!

Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2011 at 14:34


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted malts, floral hops, chocolate and a bitter finish. The taste is chocolate, floral hops, stone fruits and earthy notes. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2011 at 21:30


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Royal Oak, Borough SE1. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.

Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2011 at 06:50


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Market Porter, London. Pours brown with a white head. Toffee, fruit and nuts. Sweet and a bit thin. Ok

Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2011 at 10:44


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Royal Oak, RBESG 2011. Pretty orange-brown color. Nose of chocolate, figs, plum. Some port too, maybe. Winy and port-like flavor, plum, chocolate. Very tasty, with a light to medium tartness.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 16:38


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

bottle at chriss .. amber ... thin white head ... soft lager light toffee malt nose ... sweet hop ... very sweet light yeast soft toffee

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2011 at 09:45


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Royal Oak, Borough, London, 18 May 2011) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dried fruit, chocolate, raisins, wort and dark rye bread. Malty, slightly fruity taste with notes of caramel, dark bread, raisins, prunes and a slightly spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2011 at 11:24


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A reddish brown ale with a thin light moka head. In aroma, a smooth buttercotch malt with nice treacle, lightly vinous, like a barley wine. In mouth, a nice sweet treacle malt, oily mouthfeel, roasted nies, a bit vinous. On cask at Redlight Redlight, Jan. 6 2011.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2011 at 19:07


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown. Clear amber color, large brown head. Aroma of nuts and scotch. Taste is flat and bitter. Mediocre.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jan 2011 at 18:23


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask proper nonic pint pour at the Diamond in Brooklyn. Pour is a hazed brown with a loose light tan head. Aroma is soft chocolate malt, along with some fruit sweetness. Taste is mildly sour bright bitter green apple, along with the chestnut and the chocolate malt. Palate is medium to thin bodied, with a soft cask carbonation. Quite drinkable, nice.

Tried from Cask on 17 Jan 2011 at 08:08